⭐️ Total score | 2.78/5 (Rank #493) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,021 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🚀 Super fast: 56Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 5°C42°F (feels 2°C36°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 91% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 29 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Okay |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $3,538 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Good |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Germany |
⏱ Average trip length | 2 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 56 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 5°C 42°F + 💦 Damp (91%) = feels 2°C 36°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 29 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 109 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.50% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Café am Markt |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 190,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $42,456 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Ryanair |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Lufthansa |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,021 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,943 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,583 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,309 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,056 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,594 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $986 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $96 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $52 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $137 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $11 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 341° cold | 436° cold | 436° cold | 5010° cold | 5412° cool | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 5915° cool | 468° cold | 415° cold |
Real | 373° very cold | 468° cold | 457° cold | 5010° cold | 5513° cool | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 6820° mild | 6820° mild | 5915° cool | 479° cold | 436° very cold |
Humidity | damp 81% | damp 78% | damp 74% | nice 70% | damp 78% | nice 74% | nice 82% | nice 83% | nice 77% | damp 79% | damp 82% | damp 83% |
Rain | rainy 144mm | rainy 63mm | rainy 78mm | rainy 63mm | rainy 120mm | rainy 70mm | rainy 150mm | rainy 80mm | dry 35mm | rainy 73mm | rainy 57mm | rainy 77mm |
Cloud | overcast 95% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 85% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 84% | cloudy 71% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 85% | cloudy 81% | overcast 90% |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 0 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 400 people | 300 people | 400 people | 200 people | 267 people |
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